EU Commissioner for Energy Gunether Oettinger speaks during a press conference after the EU-Russia-Ukraine meeting on gas issues in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, May 2, 2014. The three-way meeting was held to discuss a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas prices and the gas delivered by Russia to EU member states.RADEK PIETRUSZKA
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OSCE chairman and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, right, gestures next to German Foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a press conference in Bern held Friday, May 2, 2014, on the crisis in Ukraine.FABRICE COFFRINI
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Ukrainian soldiers near a seized checkpoint not far from Slovyansk, Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014.ROMAN PILIPEY
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Locals speak with Ukrainian soldiers near a seized checkpoint not far from Slovyansk, Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014.ROMAN PILIPEY
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A woman wears medals to celebrate the Cold War era during a Communist party May Day rally in Lenin Square on May 1, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine. The march was the first of two marches and rallies in the city that day. The second, staged by pro-Russian activists, ended with activists clashing with police at the city’s prosecutor’s office. The activists overran the police and confiscated their riot gear after taking control of the building.Scott Olson
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Police guard the entrance to the prosecutor’s office on Thursday, May 1, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Activists marched to the prosecutor’s office and overran police guarding the building. After taking control of the building and confiscating police riot gear, police officers were set free.Scott Olson
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Locals look on as Ukrainian soldiers stay near a seized checkpoint not far from Slovyansk, Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014.ROMAN PILIPEY
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In this image taken from Rossia 24 television channel TV, an injured Ukrainian military helicopter pilot is assisted by pro-Russian activists after he was shot down in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday May 2, 2014. Pro-Russia forces shot down two Ukrainian helicopters Friday as Ukraine launched its first major offensive against an insurgency that has seized government buildings in the east.Rossia 24 Television Channel
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A Ukrainian military helicopter lands at a checkpoint which troops seized early Friday, May 2, 2014, in the village of Andreevka, 7 kilometres from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk.VASILY MAXIMOV
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Pro-Russian gunmen listen to instructions from their commander, centre, behind barricades in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014. Ukraine launched what appeared to be its first major assault against pro-Russian forces who have seized government buildings in the country’s east.Alexander Zemlianichenko
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Ukrainian soldiers stay near a seized checkpoint not far from Slovyansk, Ukraine, on May 2, 2014. At least three people were killed and several were injured in clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in that city.ROMAN PILIPEY
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Ukrainian soldiers stay near a seized checkpoint not far from Slovyansk, Ukraine, on May 2, 2014. At least three people were killed and several were injured in clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in that city.ROMAN PILIPEY
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Pro-Russian activists confront police officers May 1, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Activists marched to the prosecutor’s office and overran police guarding the building. After taking control of the building and confiscating police riot gear, police officers were set free.Scott Olson
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A woman walks by police guarding the entrance to the prosecutor’s office on May 1, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Activists marched to the prosecutor’s office and overran police guarding the building. After taking control of the building and confiscating the police riot gear, police officers were set free.Scott Olson
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A resident speaks to Ukrainian soldiers as they take position at a checkpoint they seized early Friday morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kilometres from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, on May 2, 2014. Ukraine’s military lost two helicopters and two servicemen on May 2 in a deadly offensive launched just before dawn against pro-Russian rebels holding the flashpoint town of Slovyansk, insurgents and authorities said.VASILY MAXIMOV
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